Service To Health (1945)

Title reads: “Service to Health“. Queen’s Club, London. C/U of Mr. Jenkins, Secretary of the Queens Club, speaking to tennis players Mary Hardwick and Charles Hare. Various shots of tennis stars giving tennis demonstration to group of servicemen and women. The servicemen and women are recovering from war wounds and this is part of their rehabilitation. Various shots of Mary and Charles teaching group how to serve. Various shots of Mary and Charles playing doubles with two of the injured service personnel. Note: for some unexplained reason all the servicemen and women are playing tennis in heavy overcoats!? FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont